We were just informed this morning. 21 years old , 3 years with company.
My prayers go out to the family, we need to wake up and everyone needs to watch out for each other regardless of experience level.
No details on the cause, but it happened in Manalapan N.J. Friday morning when a Transmition crew responded to a down wire.
We were just informed this morning. 21 years old , 3 years with company.
My prayers go out to the family, we need to wake up and everyone needs to watch out for each other regardless of experience level.
All we heard was is he is a newer employee working with transmission on wire down , no other info
Rich was going to turn 21 at the end of the month. He graduated from the line school in may and was doing his stint in transmission. We haven't heard any concrete details yet, mostly unsubstantiated rumors. I met the kid a few times. Such a shame. He was a great kid. Prayers go out to his family and friends.
I was told the job was in a swamp and everyone was walking threw about a foot of soft mud.The wires were grounded including the down wire.There was a 500 kv line and other trans line passing over the affected wire.The young man tripped in the mud and fell into the down wire and made contact just above his rubber gloves.He was laying in the mud and was making contact with the down wire which had induced voltage.Another coworker was affected trying to pull the man off the wire but not seriously.This is not official but from a good resource.
So all of our grounding practices were proven not to work , wheredo we go from here? If there is anything I can do to help the family let me know,
How do you eqipotential a down wire? There is no need to speculate till we have the facts, too many stories already